As the Winter sets in there are few things better than a warming bowl of porridge.

If you’re a fan of porridge too, then you’ve no doubt tried all sorts of combinations to boost your porridge bowl. One of my current favourite things is to stir in some coconut oil for extra richness and a burst of healthy good fats. I’m also enjoying this Creamy Banana Buckwheat Porridge recipe from Deliciously Ella‘s fantastic blog. So simple, speedy and tasty. Also, if you are avoiding gluten and grains, with this recipe you can have your porridge and eat it too 🙂 In fact, if you are following a gluten-free diet and you’ve not checked out Deliciously Ella’s website and blog already, then I’d highly recommend it for lots of fantastic recipes and ideas.

Thinking about Yoga Teacher Training in 2015? Book your place on the next Laxmi 200hr course by 30th Nov & save £250!

The next Laxmi 200hr course with Sally Parkes Yoga starts in April and takes place in Spain and London.

Graduates from every course intake since launching in 2012 are successfully teaching in the UK and overseas. I’m privileged to be a tutor on this course and look forward to meeting the next group of teacher trainees!

Here in the UK the dark mornings, chillier temperatures and shorter days are a sure sign that winter is upon us. At this time it can be a bit harder to motivate ourselves to keep up our yoga practice, especially in the mornings when the snooze button is very inviting! I’m a big advocate of practising first thing in the morning as you reap the benefits all day – more energy, a brighter mood and a clearer mind, so your efforts to get up early are always rewarded 🙂

With this in mind, if you are a London-based Yogi, this month you can take advantage of a special Early Morning Yoga Deal at Evolve Wellness Centre in South Kensington of 5 classes for just £25! With this amazing offer you can join me for Yoga Flow 7.30-8.30am on Tuesdays and Thursdays for just £5 per class! This offer is only available until 28th November so don’t miss out – click here to get hold of your class pack. Are you new to Evolve? Click here to watch the Welcome video with founders Adrian and Corinne.

From Tuesday 11th November – you can now join me at the earlier time of 6-7pm at BodyAlign.

NB – For the month of November BodyAlign is offering 15% off all 5 and 10 class packs – either order online or at the studio and use promo code ‘NOV2014’

Offering Pilates, yoga and functional classes, BodyAlign is a small-sized studio offering more personal, specialised sessions with no more than 10 people per class. Based at The Artworks, an exciting creative enterprise community on the corner of Elephant and Walworth Road close to Central London, it’s certainly worth a visit, as recommended by health and fitness blogger Carly in her pick of the best for November (click here to read).